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Marcos said in an interview with GMA News TV aired on Tuesday that his congratulatory comment to Lai Ching-te earlier this month, where he referred to him as president, was a “common courtesy”.
TAIPEI -- Shih Ming-teh, who died of liver cancer on his 83rd birthday, was a champion of Taiwan's brutal and bloody struggle for democracy and played a defining role in Asia's democratization. He spent collectively more than a quarter of a century behind bars under Taiwan's authoritarian Kuomintang regime and allied himself with other Asian fighters for democracy such as Aung San Suu Kyi in Myanmar and Anwar Ibrahim in Malaysia.
Paul Sracic is a professor of politics and international relations at Youngstown State University in Youngstown, Ohio, and an adjunct fellow at Washington-based think tank Hudson Institute.
Shih Ming-teh, a lifelong campaigner for democracy in Taiwan who spent over two decades in prison for his cause and later started a protest movement against a president from his former party, died on Jan. 15, his 83rd birthday, in Taipei, the island’s capital.
“It’s a sovereign decision for Tuvalu just as it is a sovereign decision for us,” Wong said.
TOKYO -- Japanese lawmakers look to arrange face-to-face strategic dialogue with their American and Taiwanese counterparts, seeking to bring the incoming administration of Taiwanese President-elect Lai Ching-te into discussions of cross-strait tensions.
MANILA /TAICHUNG, Taiwan -- A spat between China and the Philippines over Taiwan's election is fueling fears about Beijing's next move toward the self-ruled island and possible spillovers for Southeast Asian nations caught in the diplomatic crossfire.
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan said Monday that six Chinese balloons either flew over the island or through airspace just north of it, while Chinese warplanes and navy ships were also detected in the area.